Jan 3
6 min read
Happy Public Domain Day!
The public domain continues to roar back after decades in a coma.
On January 1, 2019 something extraordinary happened. For the first time since 1998, the American public domain got bigger.
What happened in 1998? Congress — led by Rep Sonny Bono — extended the copyright on all works by 20 years. Works that had already been in the public domain went back…
